Southern Refrigerated Drivers Network

yea,yea... i drive here. what i notice is that there are many multiple drop runs that the appt times are WAY too far apart. i just spent a week in Dallas on 1 load with 3 drops all 20 miles from each other 1 whole day apart. nice 700 mile paycheck this week.

 

but other than that.... it is a typical trucking company in every aspect a driver can imagine. when the truck is moving,they are great. when its not moving they suck. you deal with it and get back on the road.

 

I like the fact that SRT offers such great miles. Can anyone tell us about what another driver said: they charge the driver for blown out tires? I'm hoping thats an O/O thing and doesn't apply to company drivers.

That being said, I'm not interested in a company that doesn't use e-logs.

 

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That is exactly what I need. OTR, 48 states, coast-to-coast. SRT will hire me right now but I feel that I should put in my full year with Schneider before I move on. The reason why I want to leave my current employer is simply because of the monotony of the east coast. I want OTR and it seems that SRT can fill that void.

 

Your back at SRT?




Succumbed to the call of the road that quick, eh?

 

No, don't drive for southern. Was pestering you with PM's a while ago about them though. It's good you have her with you. Much easier to deal with not being home when "home" is in the passenger seat.

 

I see nothing wrong with a 14hr clock. but I do see a problem with EOBRs if a company can't get their crap together so to speak. I have several friends who run E logs at several different carriers and I can see that they all are basically the same. Only difference is how that particular company chooses to use them. Now I think I'm more fortunate that I still use paper logs, but 99.9% of the time I LOG IT AS I RUN IT...PERIOD. And it seems ok because I am home typically every 6 days and can afford to use 11 1/2 hours a day since I will be utilizing a 34 hr restart. Now what I do see is alot of drivers that really in reality, do not know how to run a logbook efficiently. They tend to freak out when they get close to that 70th hour. If you consistently log just 15 minutes on line 4 for fuel or pretrips or stops, ect...DOT WILL KNOW YOUR A LIAR and look at your logs more closely. In what I do, is I have to plan consistently to maximize my miles in that 70 hours and still log the appropriate time for fueling and customer stops, pretrips, post trips, traffic stops if need be, and so on. I have believe it or not logged over 3700 miles in a week LEGALLY. I find that you can't be the truckstop cowboy or waste time dillydallying around all day. Get your load, get your but moving and keep left door shut except for needed potty breaks and fuel stops, and planning fuel stops wisely helps in saving time and maximizing miles. I always try to sleep at a customer or nearby if at all possible as that keeps my clock fresh when I want to start it the next day. Doesn't always work out, but I try. I thought I knew just about everything there was to know about logging, but found out through my boss I didn't..but am learning more all the time. I find it pays to keep an open mind and be willing to listen. It is very possible and reasonable to expect a seasoned driver to run an 800 mile run in less than 2 days legally and have a 10 hour break. Lets say you are already loaded, Start at 7am, do your 1/2 hour pretrip, run til about 12:30, take a half hour lunch, maybe fuel(another half hour assuming you need fuel or want to top off to be prepared for next day. I always try to keep enough fuel in truck to run 700 miles at any given time so I can fuel during my pretrip to save that line 4, I realize that may not work for everyone or all companies) so now its 1:30, run til 7:30 and shut down.(675 miles in 11 hours) Take your 10 which puts you at 5:30 am and start your 1/2 hr pretrip and then run the last 125 miles to 8:00 am. Which is only a 61.36 mph average the first day and 62.5 mph average the 2nd day. It is possible to run extremely legal, but you have to have a good system in yourself and your company has alot to do with that I realize too. But then again, alot of problems are created by drivers themselves. Seeing Popmartian is a veteran driver, i'm sure he would agree with me. Good luck and best wishes to all you guys and gals out there. Keep on Truckin'!